Tennessee
a state in the southeastern United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviations: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
a river flowing from eastern Tennessee through northern Alabama, western Tennessee, and southwestern Kentucky into the Ohio near Paducah. 652 miles (1,050 km) long.
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How to use Tennessee in a sentence
Tennessee’s Jonnu Smith has been productive in recent seasons and could become an unrestricted free agent.
Washington’s biggest non-QB roster needs: Receiving help, linebacker and more | Nicki Jhabvala | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostThe tallest mountain in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome, is one of the greatest attractions for hikers who visit the park.
Danger lurks in national parks, but not necessarily where you expect it | Miles Howard | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostIf players are playing for Tennessee’s public university teams, they should stand for the National Anthem and honor those sacrifices.
In Tennessee, GOP senators seek to ban protests during anthem, raising legal concerns | Glynn A. Hill | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostIn Tennessee, grocery workers aren’t expected to qualify for the vaccine until the second half of the year, along with overnight camp counselors and prison inmates, who are part of the state’s Phase 3 designation.
Grocery workers say they can’t get vaccines, even as they help distribute them | Abha Bhattarai | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostBy the time they were out of Tennessee, they’d confessed their feelings.
What It’s Like to Fall in Love on a Long Hike | Grayson Haver Currin | February 13, 2021 | Outside Online
Tennessee passed a law that allowed for criminal charges to be brought against pregnant women found to be taking illegal drugs.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences | Emily Shire | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThose states include Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences | Emily Shire | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHarold Ford Jr. is a former U.S. Representative from Tennessee.
Another dark horse, Tennessee Senator Al Gore, was finding little traction in his efforts to become a centrist alternative.
Abortion will be on the ballot in Colorado, North Dakota, and Tennessee.
America’s Most Important (and Wackiest) Referendums This November | Ben Jacobs | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was hardly to be found in all Southern Tennessee a more contented, shiftless, ill-bestead family than theirs.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonThis valley extends for approximately three hundred and fifty miles to the borderline of Tennessee.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyAn amusing incident occurred in the cars of the Virginia and Tennessee road, which must be preserved in print.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousA Tennessee planter gives the following description of making the plant bed as practised in his State.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.His principal hunting-ground was from the mouth of the Arkansas north to the Tennessee line.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. Matthews
British Dictionary definitions for Tennessee
/ (ˌtɛnɪˈsiː) /
a state of the E central US: consists of a plain in the west, rising to the Appalachians and the Cumberland Plateau in the east. Capital: Nashville. Pop: 5 841 748 (2003 est). Area: 109 412 sq km (42 244 sq miles): Abbreviation: Tenn, (with zip code) TN
a river in the E central US, flowing southwest from E Tennessee into N Alabama, then west and north to the Ohio River at Paducah: the longest tributary of the Ohio; includes a series of dams and reservoirs under the Tennessee Valley Authority. Length: 1049 km (652 miles)
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Cultural definitions for Tennessee
State in the south-central United States bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north; North Carolina to the east; Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south; and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. Its capital is Nashville, and its largest city is Memphis.
Notes for Tennessee
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